"I suppose I'm saying that defiance is actually part of the lyric job" ― Seamus Heaney Poet Poetry From Seamus Heaney Poet Added on 1/31/2026 About Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet, playwright, and translator and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. His work includes Death of a Naturalist and North. Born: 1939-04-13 Died: 2013-08-30 View all quotes from Seamus Heaney
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